Connecticut
14,400
Duck Statewide Harvest
12,900
Goose Statewide Harvest
2,800
No. Waterfowl Licenses Sold Annually
5.7
Ducks Per Hunter
6.5
Geese Per Hunter
$19
Cost of Resident Waterfowl Hunting License
$17
Cost of Resident State Stamps and Permits
$25
Federal Duck Stamp
$35 (three-day out-of-state bird hunting license); $91 season
Cost of Non-Resident Waterfowl Hunting License
$17
Cost of Non-Resident State Stamps and Permits
$25
Federal Duck Stamp
Photo by Maciej Olszewski
It breaks my heart to give The Constitution State a D grade. However, there's just not much there to stir the blood of an avid waterfowler. A 14,400 duck harvest and 12,900 geese in 2023 don't really excite. But when you consider those numbers were posted by about 2,800 active hunters, it doesn't seem that ragged.
Connecticut offers some decent Canada goose hunting statewide. The state has some puddle ducks to harass, mostly on small ponds, creeks and interior rivers; sea ducks, too, on the coast for those who don't mind the rise and fall of the tides.
— Compiled and written by M.D. Johnson
